you're with us or against us. you have to be pushed into being pro or anti-american. that's not going to work here. what has to happen in this broader context is a strategic realization. first of all from -- for israel and everyone in the middle east, this president is here to stay, right. so the testing of president obama is over, it's done. they need to accept that and move on. that was not the case in the first term. secondly, these new governments in the region have to learn their position as governments, as regional leaders especially for egypt, and for israel. there's a new strategic relationship as well. iran is out there, a huge priority, can they continue with the status quo with the palestinians and deal with iran and recalibrate their relationship with their new neighbors? that's a very different mix of things than anything someone like elliott abrams had to deal with. >> you know -- >> although, i'm not sure if this is in elliott abrams' defense, morsi has, whether for longer term reasons or because he's worried about payments from the u.s., but relatively